Amazon's Cloud Player
service just scored some major upgrades, including quality and import
enhancements. Perhaps most notable is a new 256 Kbps option for matched
files, including songs you imported before today. That bitrate, in MP3
format, is available for new tracks and albums added to the cloud -- a
process that's been streamlined as well, with Cloud Player scanning your
library and automatically offering up matched tracks, rather than
requiring manual imports. In addition, music you buy in the Amazon MP3 Store
will show up in your Player automatically, including past purchases (in
cases where the site has the necessary rights). There's also an option
to edit metadata directly, such as artist and album info, along with
album art, or you can use the label information already in Amazon's
catalog. Cloud Drive
will also be less integrated with Player -- previous uploads will be
moved to an "Archived Music" folder and won't count against storage
caps, but will still be accessible and downloadable, while new imports
will be stored in Player directly. You can upload up to 250 songs to
Cloud Player for free, or pay a $25 annual fee to bump that cap to
250,000.
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